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Navy Needs to Fill About 9,000 At-Sea Billets in More than a Dozen Ratings, Says Personnel Command

Navy Quartermaster 3rd Class Hailey Pardo, from Kahului, Hawaii, shoots sunlines with a sextant aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) on Oct. 8, 2022. US Navy Photo

The number of at-sea billets the Navy needs to fill continues to grow as the service works to incentivize sailors to take the jobs, according to the latest numbers from the Navy Personnel Command. The Navy needs to fill about 9,000 at-sea billets, Cmdr. Richard Chernitzer, a spokesperson for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/25/navy-needs-to-fill-about-9000-at-sea-billets-in-more-than-a-dozen-ratings-says-personnel-command

Navy Rolls Out Retention Programs for Submarine Commanders, Senior Enlisted Sailors

Tugboats guide USS Minnesota (SSN-783) to the pier as the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine returns to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., in 2021. US Navy Photo

A new Navy program will offer $20,000 per year to members of the submarine community in a bid to increase retention.

Submarine commanding officers with no less than 19 years but no more than 25 years of service are eligible to receive annual payments of $20,000 if they stay in the Navy for another three to five...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/10/navy-rolls-retention-programs-for-submarine-commanders-senior-enlisted-sailors

Destroyers USS Stout, USS Kidd Wrap Up Long-Haul Deployments

The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55), right, and the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) transits the Arabian Gulf April 26 2020. U.S. Navy Photo

Destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55) recently achieved a record-breaking deployment length after operating at sea for more than 200 days, the Navy announced.

As of Sept. 26, the destroyer had been at sea for 208 straight days, breaking cruiser USS San Jacinto’s (CG-56) and aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower’s (CVN-69) records, according...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/29/destroyers-uss-stout-uss-kidd-wrap-up-long-haul-deployments

Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Operating in Red Sea

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transits the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 8, 2020. US Navy Photo

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) transited the Suez Canal and is now operating in the Red Sea, according to the Navy.

Eisenhower joins the Truman Carrier Strike Group and the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group already deployed to U.S. Central Command, according to the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker.

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) has been operating in a tight area in the North Arabian Sea and the Gulf of...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/09/carrier-uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-operating-in-red-sea

Bataan ARG, 26 MEU Now Operating in the Middle East

USS Bataan (LHD-5) sails in the Atlantic Ocean during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) on Nov. 1, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

Amphib USS Bataan (LHD-5) is operating in the Red Sea as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to simmer, USNI News has learned.

The big deck and elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are steaming in the Red Sea after a transit through the Suez Canal over the weekend following a sprint across the Mediterranean Sea.

A U.S. 5th Fleet spokesman...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/13/bataan-arg-26-meu-now-operating-in-the-middle-east

Marine Corps Crisis Response Force Will Remain In Baghdad

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deploy from Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. Army photo

THE PENTAGON – After sending Marines from Kuwait to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said a battalion of Army paratroopers will now serve as the regional quick-response force, a role previously filled by the Marines.

The additional...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/02/marine-corps-crisis-response-force-will-remain-in-baghdad

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